Paul Robeson

Known for: Acting
Born: April 8, 1898, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Died: January 23, 1976
Movies: 38

Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.

Best-Known Movies

6.7

Show Boat

1936

6.5

Tales of Manhattan

1942

6.3

Body and Soul

1925

7.7

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021

5.6

Emperor Jones

1933

5.4

King Solomon's Mines

1937

6.0

Borderline

1930

7.3

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

1979

6.3

The Proud Valley

1940

6.3

Native Land

1942

Filmography

2021	The Real Charlie Chaplin	Self (archive footage)
2017	Britain on Film: Black Britain	Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2007	Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007	Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson	Self (archival footage)
2006	Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States	Self
2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Joe
2001	White Sings Robeson
1999	Paul Robeson: Here I Stand	Self
1998	Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist	Self (archive footage)
1998	Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am	Himself (archive footage)
1994	Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist	Self (archive footage)
1991	The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes	Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1990	I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1985	Musical Comedy Tonight III
1979	Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist	Himself (archive footage)
1977	The Tallest Tree in Our Forest	Self
1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)
1975	Black Shadows on a Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)
1973	Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2	Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1954	Song of the Rivers	Voice of Singer
1951	South Africa Uncensored	Narrator
1949	Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11	Himself
1947	Easy to Get	Self
1942	Tales of Manhattan	Luke
1942	Native Land	Narrator
1940	The Proud Valley	David Goliath
1938	Big Fella	Joe
1937	Jericho	Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937	King Solomon's Mines	Umbopa
1937	My Song Goes Forth	Self
1936	Song of Freedom	John 'Johnny' Zinga
1936	Show Boat	Joe
1935	Sanders of the River	Bosambo
1933	Emperor Jones	Brutus Jones
1930	Borderline	Pete Varond
1926	Camille: The Fate of a Coquette	Alexandre Dumas fils
1925	Body and Soul	Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Directing, Writing & Producing

1954

Song of the Rivers

Writer

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